About us
Our mission:
Building a better, safer transportation future for all.
Our vision:
A strong, modern transportation system that supports prosperous cities, towns, and suburbs where businesses thrive and people of all incomes and ages can live healthy and productive lives.
Our principles
It’s time to start expecting measurable results from transportation spending
Congress is perpetually far more concerned with how federal transportation money is distributed, who gets what, and how fast it is being spent, instead of what the American people are getting for their tax dollars.
T4America’s three simple guiding principles above for transportation investment are concrete, measurable, and have outcomes attached—something taxpayers should certainly be able to expect from our federal transportation program that has spent more than $1.5 trillion since 1991. Taken together, these three principles and outcomes paint a vision of a safer, more equitable, and more accessible transportation system for the country.
Transportation for America is driving a new conversation, pushing for smarter investments that hold policymakers accountable for real results.
Our impact
No new money for transportation
In 2019 Transportation for America charted a different course by refusing to support new federal funding for transportation if the underlying policy doesn’t change.
Here's why
Bringing passenger rail back to the Gulf Coast
For a decade T4America has been part of a successful effort to restore Gulf Coast passenger rail service—building champions, winning new federal funding, and supporting a strong local coalition.
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Repairing the damage of divisive infrastructure
In 2020 T4America proposed a new program to repair the damage of divisive infrastructure like highways plowed through neighborhoods. The next year Congress followed our lead by creating the Reconnecting Communities program.
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Meet our team
Meet Smart Growth America’s Transportation and Thriving Communities team
Transportation for America is a program of Smart Growth America
Smart Growth America helps create healthy, prosperous, and resilient places to live for all people through research, advocacy, and direct community support. SGA’s work spans housing and land use, transportation, and economic development to find solutions to communities’ most pressing needs.
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